Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Rasiah, Rajah
Author-Email: rasiah@intech.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies
Author-Name: Tamale, Henry
Author-Workplace-Name: Bank of Uganda
Title: Productivity, Exports, Skills and Technological Capabilities: A Study of Foreign and
	 Local Manufacturing Firms in Uganda
Abstract: This paper examines productivity, export-intensity, skills-intensity and
	 technological differences between foreign and local firms in metal engineering,
	 textile and garment, food and beverages, plastics and other industrial firms in
	 Uganda using the technological capability framework. In metal engineering foreign
	 firms enjoyed higher and statistically significant technology index, human
	 resource, process technology and R&D capabilities than local firms. However, the
	 remaining t-tests produced mixed results. Nonetheless, foreign firms enjoyed
	 stronger statistical relationships between the technology index, and productivity
	 and export-intensity, and export-intensity and skills intensity. Foreign firms also
	 enjoyed a stronger statistical relationship between export-intensity, and
	 technology index and human resource capabilities. Overall, the results suggest that
	 local firms can learn considerably from the operations of foreign firms in Uganda
Keywords: Productivity, Exports, Skills, Technology, Foreign Firms, Uganda
Series: Discussion Paper
Creation-Date: 2004
Number: 01
File-URL: http://www.intech.unu.edu/publications/discussion-papers/2004-1.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 91 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unuint:200401